machinate

The word “machinate” has 3 syllables: ma-chi-nate

It's pronounced as /ˈmækɪˌneɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for machinate?

In the thesaurus, “machinate” has 50 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for machinate along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for machinate

  • arrange
  • brew
  • captain
  • cogitate
  • collude
  • come up with
  • command
  • compass
  • concert
  • conclude
  • concoct
  • conduct
  • connive
  • conspire
  • contrive
  • counterplot
  • design
  • devise
  • direct
  • engineer
  • finagle
  • finesse
  • frame
  • gerrymander
  • hammer out
  • handle
  • hatch
  • intrigue
  • invent
  • jockey
  • lay out
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • map
  • mastermind
  • negotiate
  • plan
  • play games
  • plot
  • promote
  • pull strings
  • put up
  • quarterback
  • run
  • scheme
  • shape
  • trump up
  • wangle
  • work out

Antonyms for machinate

  • blow
  • bobble
  • botch
  • bungle
  • butcher
  • disorganize
  • flub
  • forget
  • fumble
  • ignore
  • leave alone
  • louse up
  • mangle
  • mishandle
  • muff
  • neglect

Meanings of machinate

  • verb
    1. To devise a plot or secret plan; to conspire.

Example Sentences

  • The scheming villain continued to machinate behind the scenes, plotting to overthrow the kingdom.
  • Unbeknownst to the competitors, a rival company began to machinate a strategic move to gain market dominance.
  • In the shadows, the political strategist worked tirelessly to machinate a campaign that would secure victory.
  • As tensions rose, diplomats from opposing nations attempted to machinate a resolution to the conflict.
  • The cunning detective uncovered a web of conspiracies as he sought to expose those who sought to machinate criminal activities.

On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to machinate, such as: arrange, blow, bobble, botch, brew, bungle, butcher.

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  • accomplish
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  • machinate
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  • tote up
  • trust
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  • weigh
  • wish
  • work out

wangle

negotiate

  • accommodate
  • accomplish
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  • achieve
  • actualize
  • address
  • adjudicate
  • adjust
  • agree
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  • argue
  • arrange
  • attain
  • bargain
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  • brew
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  • bring to terms
  • bury the hatchet
  • buy
  • captain
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  • chaffer
  • clash
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  • conduct
  • confer
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  • control
  • covenant
  • cut a deal
  • deal
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  • dicker
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  • do
  • effect
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  • end
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  • execute
  • field
  • fight
  • finagle
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  • finish
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  • fulfil
  • fulfill
  • gerrymander
  • get around
  • get off
  • get over
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  • go through
  • guide
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  • hammer out
  • hammer out a deal
  • handle
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  • hatch
  • have a grip on
  • hawk
  • horse-trade
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  • implement
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  • intrigue
  • jockey
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  • machinate
  • make
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  • make peace
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  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mastermind
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  • moderate
  • nail
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  • pass
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  • perform
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  • play
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  • prosecute
  • pull
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  • purchase
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  • quarrel
  • quarterback
  • quibble
  • realize
  • reason
  • reduplicate
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  • renegotiate
  • repeat
  • run
  • scheme
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  • squabble
  • steer
  • step in
  • stipulate
  • surmount
  • swap
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  • transact
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  • umpire
  • vault
  • wangle
  • wheel and deal
  • wind up
  • work out
  • work out a deal
  • wrangle

design

  • accomplish
  • achieve
  • action
  • adornment
  • aim
  • allow
  • ambition
  • angle
  • animus
  • architecture
  • arrange
  • arrangement
  • artifice
  • aspiration
  • aspire
  • attempt
  • big picture
  • block out
  • blueprint
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • brainchild
  • budget
  • cabal
  • calculate
  • caparison
  • cast
  • chart
  • child
  • choreograph
  • collusion
  • comp
  • complicity
  • compose
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  • conation
  • conception
  • concert
  • confederacy
  • configuration
  • connivance
  • conniving
  • consider
  • conspiracy
  • conspiration
  • conspire
  • constellation
  • constitution
  • construct
  • construction
  • contemplate
  • contrivance
  • contrive
  • cook up
  • counterconspiracy
  • counterplan
  • counterplot
  • counterstrategy
  • cover-up
  • create
  • debate
  • decoration
  • deliberation
  • delineate
  • delineation
  • depiction
  • describe
  • desire
  • destination
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  • device
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  • diagram
  • dodge
  • doodle
  • dope out
  • draft
  • draw
  • drawing
  • dream
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  • dummy
  • effect
  • embellishment
  • end
  • endeavor
  • enterprise
  • execute
  • fabricate
  • fashion
  • figure
  • figure on
  • form
  • format
  • formation
  • formula
  • frame
  • frame-up
  • frill
  • fulfill
  • gambit
  • game
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  • garnish
  • get up
  • getup
  • gimmick
  • go
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  • grail
  • ground plan
  • have on
  • holy grail
  • hope
  • idea
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  • illustration
  • intend
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  • intent
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  • intrigue
  • invent
  • lay of the land
  • lay out
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  • machinate
  • machination
  • make
  • make up
  • makeup
  • maneuver
  • manipulation
  • map
  • mark
  • master plan
  • mean
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  • meditate
  • method
  • mind
  • model
  • motif
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  • name of the game
  • nirvana
  • notion
  • object
  • objective
  • ordonnance
  • organization
  • organize
  • originate
  • ornament
  • outline
  • painting
  • paste-up
  • pattern
  • perform
  • perspective
  • picture
  • pitch
  • plan
  • platform
  • play
  • plot
  • point
  • policy
  • ponder
  • portrait
  • premeditate
  • prepare
  • pretension
  • procedure
  • produce
  • program
  • project
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  • proposal
  • propose
  • proposition
  • protocol
  • purport
  • purpose
  • put up
  • racket
  • recipe
  • reflection
  • ring
  • road map
  • ruse
  • scenario
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  • schema
  • scheme
  • set out
  • setup
  • shape
  • sketch
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  • story
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • strive
  • struggle
  • study
  • style
  • subterfuge
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  • tailor
  • target
  • technique
  • terminus
  • theme
  • thing
  • think up
  • thinking
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  • trace
  • tracery
  • tracing
  • treatment
  • trick
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  • trim
  • try
  • undertaking
  • view
  • volition
  • way
  • will
  • wish
  • work out

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